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Ahmad Gummi’s Letter To Sheikh El-Zakzaky In 2014, Criticising The Blocking Of Public Roads

“My Brother, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky: it’s not too late to repent.

After registering my condolences to the recent loss of your three children who were gunned down by some elements in the

military, I find it an obligation to help you see that some of your actions too are the contributing factors in this unfortunate avoidable tragedy.

What I fear most for you and your followers is that the consequence of this tragedy may further alienate your group from the

mainstream society and create a cult -if it’s not already one–with disastrous consequences on you, your followers and the nation at large. For you especially, on the Day of Judgment you will account for your actions or deeds.

My brother, you have brought a lot of bad innovations

among Nigerian Muslims that rather than unite the Muslims are further entrenching the divide without any added value to the worldly development nor the hereafter, but rather with serious theological implications in the hereafter.

What triggered my attention to your group now is

the most recent close encounter I had with a procession of your followers on the highway from Kano to Zaria yesterday 8th Dec. 2014 on my way to Dutse. About four to six thousand youth and children trekking long distance for hours. I gave a two hour lecture in Duste and met them

still trekking on my way back.

I cannot understand which civil or religious law gave you the right and liberty to block one side of the double carriage road forcing motorists to cramp each other dangerously on one lane.If your actions is to propagate ur creed, I am telling you,

you will only attract the poor young ignorant miscreants of the society. Never the sane except of course the disgruntled.
The delinquency of your followers and the disturbance of public peace is what makes you and them an easy target of the authority. This is happening when you

can as well do very well without such unscrupulous public misbehavior.

Disruption of traffic flow is in fact a sign of unfaithfulness and lack of civilization. In a Hadith narrated by Muslim, the noble prophet -Alaihis Salatu was Salam- said: Faith has seventy something or sixty

I write you this open letter for others also not necessarily in your sect to get admonition. It is never intended to trigger a sectarian argument. It’s about public order and mannerism.

May Allah guide us all to his pleasure and give us the courage to revert back to the truth.